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Google hasn't made any official announcements regarding Android 4.4.3, but lately there seems to be an increasing number of leaks and references that tease the update.
Just days after Sprint announced an Android 4.4.3 update for the Nexus 5, a Bluetooth Special Interest Group page with a reference to the update has been discovered. The entry is for the Sony Z Ultra Google Play edition, and it includes a mention of software version "KTU72.S1.3013." Sprint's reference to Android 4.4.3 hinted at a software build that also began with "KTU," meaning that this Bluetooth SIG page is likely referencing a version of Android 4.4.3 for the Z Ultra GPe.
Since Google hasn't actually announced Android 4.4.3, it's not yet clear exactly what goodies the update might bring. However, a recently-leaked changelog suggested that it'll be a maintenance release with bug fixes for things like Bluetooth, random reboots, Wi-Fi auto-connect and camera-related tweaks. Here's to hoping that, now that we're seeing references to Android 4.4.3 pop up more frequently, the official push isn't too far off.


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Why wouldn't they be happy that a woman made a choice? Why wouldn't they appreciate that Tim Tebow was the result of that choice? They are pro-choice, right? Perhaps the ones that had a fit over the Tim Tebow ad are really just pro-abortion?
Grant Davies over at What We Think and Why had another epiphany about the pro-choice lobby in America while watching the Planned Parenthood response to the Tebow ad:
For his part, Joyner explains; "My daughter will always be my little girl." He goes on to say; "But I am proud everyday as I watch her grow up to be her own person, a smart, confident young woman. I trust her to take care of herself. We celebrate families by supporting our mothers, by supporting our daughters. By trusting women."
Except, of course, in all other matters concerning their health and lifestyle choices. For those decisions his daughter, mother and all other "strong and wise women" need government employees and political hacks making the tough calls. There is no way that these people could be so inconsistent in their views, right?
What a fantastic point! We need to make a political television / radio ad out of that right away! How can any person who claims to be pro-choice ever support socialized or fascist medicine? It is a fact that the Pelosi-Reid legislation in Congress does not leave it up to the woman to make her own choices about her own body. It puts those choices about her body in the hands of the government. Some consistency please?

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You hit the deck as the "thud thud thud" turns into a continual motorized drone. You look at the floor as a wall of powder, projected by the blades, envelopes you finding its way down your back and onto any uncovered skin. A short stooped run, and the next thing you know the floors dropping away and you're heading for virgin powder and the ride of your life. Heliboarding is untouchable, it's the ultimate. Some think it's just for the rich and famous. It's not, you don't have to be famous.
Imagine it: "Oh Mr Pilot can you drop me on the top of that, I'm just going to ride that virgin snow, and then if you wouldn't mind you could pick me and my friends up at the bottom and take us straight back to the top of that peak over there."
Having the use of a helicopter for a day or better a week, is the dream of any self-respecting boarder. Costs can vary from plain criminal to "you're having a laugh". Although it costs a lot of money, if you can wrangle a deal it may be the best money you ever spent. Instead of falling for all the marketing hype of needing the latest kit each season, blow the cash on a helicopter. Just don't buy a new board or the latest jacket, keep the old one and instead have a day you'll be bragging about years.
In Europe you have a few winter options; Switzerland has a healthy policy to heliboarding. Most of the larger resorts allow you access to the back country without you having to breaking into a sweat, other than when you hand over the cash that is. You can also Heliboard in Spain, Georgia, Turkey or pretty much anywhere there's a mountain with snow on it if you've got the cash you can board it.
If you want to heliboard in Europe's summer then you have to head for the Central Asia or the southern Hemisphere. The US and Canada have some amazing possibilities: Fernie, Red Mountain and Whistler in Canada, Colorado in USA and the big boy Alaska, and that's just to name a few. The main difference between Europe and North America is that in Europe it's normally day hire or even ½ day. In North America it's predominantly sold as a week long package, including being airlifted in to a back country lodge and flying around the area for a week before being flown back to civilization, with a granted number of vertical feet boarded, but this is not always the case. Some places will offer day trips as well as week long trips that cost thousands of dollars.
The most important things to find out are safety record and guaranteed vertical decent meters. If they don't want to discuss it, spend your cash elsewhere. Insure they insist that everyone has a transceiver and shovel and knows how to use them. Also find out what their money back policy is for bad weather days and ask if the guide will be boarding or skiing. Being the only boarder on a drop will not necessarily lead to a bad day, but it would be better to be in a group of boarders. Ensuring the guide is a boarder will guarantee you're taken to suitable terrain.


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The flagship Android device of 2012 is going on sale at AT&T stores this Friday, July 6th. Pricing will match that of other carriers, with the 16GB variant going for $199.99, and the 32GB model retailing at $249.99. In addition to the Marble White and Pebble Blue options, AT&T will be offering a red variant, though the red model won't be available until later this summer.
What more can we say about the Galaxy S III? It's easily the best Android smartphone on the market today, and likely will be for quite some time. The extra GB of RAM (2GB) makes the phone really fly, and will ensure the device receives the latest and greatest Android OSes for a lengthy period of time.
Full Specs for the Galaxy S III include:
- 4.8″ Super AMOLED HD display
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- 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera
- LTE/HSPA+ 42 connectivity (varies by carrier)
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A dad in America has built his son the coolest custom bed on the planet. And that planet is Dagobah.
Although we don't have any specific details on the recipient, one lucky kid now owns his own X-Wing fighter, which has been constructed as the canopy over his Star Wars-themed bedspread. And he can even sit in it to watch TV, as a flatscreen has been attached to the front, aping the view the pilot would get from the cockpit.
We particularly like the Star Wars vista that's also been attached to the wall left and rear of the bed, while the inclusion of R2-D2 is a neat touch.
Sadly, we're not sure how long it took to build, or the cost (in sweat and money), but it's clearly less than the crowd-sourced full-scale Millennium Falcon that has already taken six years to get to a relatively basic stage. To be fair though, that is being built to be an exact replica, although we know which one we'd get most fun from.
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Sweetwater Fire Department celebrates 105th anniversary
May 4, 2013 marks the 105th anniversary of the formation of the Sweetwater Fire Department. On May 4, 1908 two companies, Chemical Company No. 1 and Hose Company No. 1, came together and started the Sweetwater Volunteer Fire Department. Original charter members from both companies included Bud Brown (foreman), Tom Morris, Jess Hamby, Ed Wilkinson, Dan L. Childress (chief), Dr. A. Brann (foreman), Henry Moffett, D.B. Brown, and Eley Pate. Two more companies, Engine Company No. 1 and Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, were organized on March 2, 1914. Charter members for both were T.B. Thompson (foreman), Oscar Pate, Guy E. Morris, C.A. Engle, Jack Yarbrough, Ed Patterson (foreman), Chad Lewis and Whit Thompson.In 1926, a central fire station was built downtown at 321 Locust Street, along with a substation on the south side of town, located at 209 W. Alabama. The department also purchased a 1926 model hook and ladder fire truck that currently sits in the Pioneer City-County Museum. The primary reason for purchasing the $14,500 truck, according to former volunteer fireman Fred Forgay, was to give firemen a higher reach in case of a fire at the old Blue Bonnet Hotel — a seven story building later renamed the Baker Hotel. A fire did eventually break out on the top floor of the hotel 41 years later.Space at the Locust Street Station started becoming a problem, even after significant remodeling. The situation worsened further after taking on the ambulance service and hiring an accounting clerk.1994 marked the year the Sweetwater Fire Department moved into its current location at 900 E. Broadway. The move resulted in the closing of the Locust Street location as well as the north side location. The south side station closed years earlier in 1975. Sweetwater Fire Department Current EmployeesGrant Madden (Fire Chief, Paramedic)Richard Spradlin (Fire Marshal, Paramedic)Billy Villanueva (Training Officer, Paramedic)Richard Reeves (Assistant Chief A shift, EMT-1)Pat O'Neal (Firefighter, EMT-B)Eric Reed (Firefighter, Paramedic)Preston Peacock (Firefighter, EMT-B)Richard Acuna (Firefighter, EMT-1)Clinton McKeehan (Firefighter, EMT-B)Jeff Watts (Firefighter, Paramedic)Paul King (Assistant Chief B shift, EMT-1)Jeff Schoenfield (Firefighter, EMT-B)Ronald Stegge (Firefighter, EMT-1)James Smith (Firefighter, Paramedic)Nick Shaw (Firefighter, EMT-1)Evan Goodman (Firefighter, EMT-B)Seth Weston (Firefighter, Paramedic)Chris Kiser (Assistant Chief, C shift, Paramedic)Lance Campbell (Firefighter, Paramedic)Todd Donham (Firefighter, EMT-B)Jarrett Knowles (Firefighter, EMT-1)Brad Payne (Firefighter, EMT-B)Nick Barton (Firefighter, EMT-1)Derreck Ratcliff (Firefighter, Paramedic)


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The Cult's 'Top 10' Books of 2009
So, let me preface this by saying that I am not entirely comfortable with top ten lists, nor do I consider myself an expert on anything, much less what constitutes the best of the best. But after listening to me rant and rave over the years about whatever my latest book crush that week was, Dennis finally coerced me to compile my personal top ten list, as a feature for the website starting with 2009.
Now, I couldn't possibly get that list together by the end of December, or even January because I rely on the holidays to acquire some of those new, still-only-in-hardcover books (I can only buy so many books). And so I aimed to post this on Valentine's Day. After all, this seemed fitting for a website like ours that celebrates the love affair we all have with books.
A couple of caveats before I post my own, highly personal list:
-I still haven't had time to read John Irving's 2009 release: Last Night in Twisted River, nor James Ellroy's Blood's a Rover, and both authors are favorites of mine.
-Many of the best books I read last year were published before 2009, or were released in paperback in 2009. Also, a couple favorites were still in manuscript form. So if I were to include all those this list would have to be a Top 20. 30? Of all those, the one that I am most compelled to mention is Kockroach by Tyler Knox; it is one of the most imaginative and startling books that I've read since Geek Love by Katherine Dunn.
The Cult's 'Top 10' Books of 2009
by Mirka Hodurova
(In alphabetical order!)
I am a fan of Auster's but not everything he writes appeals to me deeply. Invisible did, and how. The structure is ambitious without ever lapsing into ostentatious literary gymnastics. Every sentence either sings or seduces or echoes somehow. Auster manages to tell a compelling story (from multiple points of view) in a way that reads like some kind of epic poem. The writing is so beautiful, yet he doesn't sacrifice plot for poetic indulgence. It amazed me.
"Beat the Reaper" by Josh Bazell
This has got to be one of the most self assured and audacious debut novels I've read in years. I was in awe by the first page, laughing by the third. Bazell has a talent for introducing interesting asides and tangents that always come full circle. His characters are convincing and the author is smart enough to endow even the "bad" guys with some humanity. There's a deft back and forth chronology that keeps you turning the pages, and no matter how implausible the situation, like certain scenes with sharks and self-surgery, Bazell keeps it convincing by employing excruciating detail and a matter of fact authority. I don't know how to adequately describe how great this book is without major spoilers, I really don't.
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"Await Your Reply" by Dan Chaon
This book is a relentless mind f*ck! Each time you think know what's going on, Chaon introduces another possibility. There are three storylines, three main characters, and waiting for each of their fates to be revealed -- for their stories to intersect -- is a nail-biting joy . This turns into a kind of sickened awe when Chaon effortlessly indulges that anticipation and delivers a mind-blowing valediction.
Broadly this book explores identity, and the fluidity of identity, both as we perceive our own and identity in an increasingly hyper connected wireless world. Chaon uses the internet as a place as skillfully as other writers have used a geography to create a backdrop. (John Steinbeck, James Ellroy come to mind).
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"The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder" by Stephen Elliott
The Adderall Diaries kind of defies description; it starts off as a project to overcome Elliott's writer's block by covering a murder trial. It then beautifully reinvents itself as a memoir dealing with loss, ambition, family, betrayal, secrets, and forgiveness, among other things. But its greatest strength is that it's simply astonishing writing. I was deeply impressed by Elliott's honesty (SO honest that I cringed at times). It moved me and made me reflect on things that sometimes seem easier to dismiss or repress.
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"Don't Cry: Stories" by Mary Gaitskill
Sometimes I'm hesitant to tell people how much I love Mary Gaitskill's work because often that makes some people uncomfortable. I suppose that's because her work makes me uncomfortable. It makes me feel like a voyeur. Who are these people in her novels and stories, and why do I care? So often her characters dissect everything to minuscule depths, they often have imaginary, self indulgent problems, they're often unkind, and superior. But just as often they're heartbreaking, striving, looking for some kind of small connection or redemption. Looking for some way to reconcile their desires, to reconcile with people, to reconcile and understand their lives. Simply, Gaitskill writes about ugly and often sad things, beautifully and without pretense.
This one was a real treat, especially the title story, but I urge you to pick up any earlier book of hers if you haven't read her before. You might want to save this one for last, like dessert.
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"Where Men Win Glory" by Jon Krakauer
I can't but wonder if Krakauer built his story around football player Pat Tillman in order to get a certain kind of person to read this book. The kind of person that likes football, but not reading so much. I get that Tillman was an enigma, and an interesting person, a valuable, special, and deeply talented and deeply loved person, but this book is really at its best explaining clearly and dispassionately how the US government really screwed up in Afghanistan well before 9/11, screwed up so bad in fact, that 9/11 could have been avoided altogether if the US hadn't been so intent on playing cops and robbers with the Soviets during the Cold War and paid some attention to where they played their deadly game.
This is an important book, an informative book, easy to read, meticulously researched and full of interesting factoids like most of Krakauer's books. Krakauer is much fairer presenting his premise than I am describing his book, so don't let me put you off. This is a great, highly readable book.
Also, no offense to football fans that do read, or to Tillman's family. I appreciate that he never meant to be a hero or draw attention to himself, and that the cover-up regarding his death by friendly fire was a travesty.
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"The Girl That Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson
Lisbeth Salander! I don't know if there has been such a kick-ass female character since William Gibson's Molly or Jude in Will Christopher's Baer's Phineas Poe trilogy. I'd follow her anywhere. Unfortunately there's only one more book left in the trilogy. (Sadly, the author, Stieg Larsson, died before seeing any of his novels published)
Besides loving the hell out of Sander who is a computer hacker, motor-cyclist in full leathers, bisexual, (probably) autistic genius that fights crime, there are unusual sandwiches and much coffee lovingly prepared and consumed. Sander's not the only great character. Everyone is fleshed out and realistic, and there are a lot of characters which is admirable. This may ostensibly be considered a crime novel, but it's so much more. So much more reflective. (Or maybe it's just that they don't skimp on condiments in Swedish crime novels and respect that readers do pay attention.)
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Elmore Leonard is simply a master, and I enjoy all of his books, but less so his historical novels like his most recent offerings The Hot Kid and Up in Honey's Room. So I was thrilled to find out Road Dogs was bringing back Jack Foley from Out of Sight. I wasn't disappointed; Foley is still his charming, weary, easy on the eyes darling self. No, I don't base this on the film Out of Sight, but Leonard's usual deftly minimal, yet telling dialogue and mannerisms that create memorable characters like Jack Foley. I love how Leonard can get away with "telling" not showing, like nobody's business. I guess it's because he knows what to tell and what to show, and when. He doesn't stint on action, either. I adore his female characters. They're never one dimensional, never just a dame or a prop. In fact, no matter how flawed or scheming any of his characters are, it's hard not to feel affectionate towards them. Leonard tells some crazy stories, but he never diminishes the humanity of his characters. This was a great one.
"The City & The City" China Miéville
I have been remiss. This is the first China Miéville novel I've had the pleasure to read and I am thrilled that he's got some heavy backlist for me to explore.
For a "detective" novel, it reads like a scary parable, a story beyond a story, a story within a story, and many creepy alternate possibilities that recall the appeal of Phillip K. Dick's more esoteric works. (Valis, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer). I guess I'm saying this book defies classification and I like and admire that, but more so, enjoy being challenged and mystified, and led by the writer into a city or two I had never imagined before. Not a detective novel...
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"Lowboy" by John Wray
Lyrical. Masterful. Those are descriptions bandied around as a joke for the most part as insincere book blurbs. In this case, they apply. NOT in the joking sense, but in a very primary, literal sense.
I found myself reading sentences aloud to see how they sounded. I wrote passages on postcards and mailed them to friends. I have a couple of lines written on index cards above my desk. Yes, this is a highly quotable book, but that's just an extra, the story is where it's at. Lowboy is a singular and strange individual, but he's easy to love, and impossible not to follow as he finds his way in this solid, spectacular novel.
This Top 10 does not constitute Chuck Palahniuk's favorite books of the year. This is a very personal list by me, Mirka Hodurova, but should hopefully inspire your own top ten lists!
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So, going in order that means:
1. Kindle Fire = Leilani
2. Box o' Books from Pocket = Anne F.
3. Character naming = Lisa C.
4. Book of secrets + Villainess scents = Melanie F.
5. E-copies of THE MYSTERIOUS MADAM MORPHO to Psyche, Melanie, Denise, Tina, and Lexi.
Winners of 1, 2, 4, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your physical address. Lisa C., please email firstname.lastname@example.com to let me know the name you'd like to give a character and if there's any significance to it, should it not be your name. Now, if anyone who won MADAM MORPHO had already purchased a copy, please email firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know so that I can think of a suitable replacement. Or email me there so that I can send you your copy/code. I'm not sure how that works yet, but I'll figure it out!
Also, FYI, you can see the actual Rafflecoptery list on the original thread.
Thank y'all, so much, for your support! I'm overwhelmed by the response, and every time a book purchase email arrived, I grinned like a Cheshire cat. I hope you'll check out THE MYSTERIOUS MADAM MORPHO this Tuesday.
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Hand-Made Authentic Bratwurst
Glenn's Market & Catering, started by Glenn Roberts, opened in 1983, always following the same business plan to grow a successful business. That business plan is to provide exceptional quality products, common sense pricing (where everyone wins), and superior customer service that keeps the customer coming back. Sure, Glenn's has expanded from a small shop in downtown Watertown, to a new location, and then to an even bigger expansion at the same location, but the plan remains the same … Customer Service.
We could talk about the awards we've won for homemade products like Bologna, Bratwurst, and Fresh Meats. Or that we make every Brat in our USDA certified sausage kitchen, following our HAACP to ensure quality, and with no fillers, artificial colors, or artificial ingredients, but when it comes down to it … Quality and Customer Service sells our Brats. For the last 28 years Glenn's Market has been family owned and operated, with multiple members of the Roberts family working to put the Customer first so that they will put Glenn's Market first.


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Take a look at the amazing photos we've received so far!
Are you getting into the holiday spirit? Then we want you to show us how you 'deck the halls' with your best shots of Christmas and holiday decorations!
We're counting down the days until Christmas and that's why the topic for this week's #YYC Photo Vote is 'deck the halls'!
Submit your best photos of trees, ornaments, presents, holiday snacks and decorations and we'll display it to the world. The Herald's photo experts will then narrow down the field to a handful of finalists, and Herald readers will choose the winner, who will be announced on our Facebook page on Wednesday.
The winner will receive Pippa Middleton's glossy guide to party planning Celebrate: A year of British festivities for families and friends
There are four ways to enter (just pick one!):
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Despite rain and cold in Tuesday's forecast, thousands of people were expected to line the traditional parade routes overnight to get a prime spot for Mardi Gras — New Orleans' biggest show.
Mark Nelson, of St. Louis, will be attending his first Fat Tuesday. He said he's going to be in the mix even in a downpour.
"That's why God made washing machines," said Nelson, who was sipping on a daiquiri as he enjoyed the sounds of trumpeter Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, who performed at the Lundi Gras festivities Monday along the Mississippi River.
Rain was expected to hit the metropolitan area sometime after 10:00 a.m. local time. Temperatures were not expected to rise above the low 40s.
Kitty Jensen, of Washington, D.C., said she and about 15 others from the nation's capital were part of the Kilt of Many Colors and were scheduled to march in the second parade of the day, Rex, king of Carnival.
"We are the party that never ends," said Jensen, dressed in an airy, royal purple ball gown, reminiscent of the Renaissance era.
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Protecting people includes our communities. In line with our wider materiality approach, we focus on where we can make the greatest difference at a local level. This means channelling our human and financial resources to support child nutrition, sustainable livelihoods, youth employability and consumer engagement in sustainability.
We offer our partners practical support in implementing and evaluating school feeding programmes, while also advising on food safety, quality and the importance of fortified and nutritious beverages for children. We even advise on carton reuse and recycling within schools.
Our established Dairy Hub model is helping create sustainable value chains by building the capacity of smallholder farmers. We are also working with the World Wide Fund for Nature to establish local forest owners' associations and strengthen the competences of smallholders to create sustainable, profitable businesses. In 2016, we supported a new project, the Fair Wood Program, which supports smallholder and community forest management.
Our Future Talent programme opens up opportunities for the next generation to build employability skills. It combines on-the-job training with development in a range of competencies and all participants are offered a job with us at the end. We see this approach as critical to our future commercial success.
By giving consumers the information to make discerning purchasing choices and recycling their cartons, we have the potential to bring resource efficiencies at a vast scale. To do this, we need to work closely with our customers and consumer organisations.
We contribute to specific appeals for support. For example, in 2016, in collaboration with customers, we shipped UHT milk to communities affected by hurricane Harvey in the U.S.A. We also helped our recycling partner in Kenya to set up the first Information and Communications Technology Centre in Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum neighbourhood.
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Together with our customers we make food safe and available, everywhere. Since the start in 1951 we have taken pride in providing the best possible processing and packaging solutions for food.
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VCHS girls struggle all around in loss to Jamestown
JAMESTOWN — Valley City High School girls basketball coach Jim McDaniel had a hard time pin pointing exactly what was off with his team in Thursday's 62-46 loss to Jamestown.
Unlike the boys, who simply couldn't make shots, the girls struggled to overcome a concoction of turnovers, missed shots and early offensive success from their opponents.
"We were just kind of out of our game, out of synch right from the start," McDaniel said. "We just couldn't get anything going at all."
Right from the start the Bluejays were able to find points from the trio of Kyra Dewald, Julie Fuchs and Kayla Thoele, who all finished in double digits in scoring. Becca Horgan also had nine points.
The four got Jamestown a 21-7 lead in the first nine minutes of the game using a rotating offense that frequently drew Valley City's defensive zone towards the ball carrier and freed up at least one open shot.
On the other side of the court, the Hi-Liners struggled to force the ball in the post, which resulted in numerous turnovers, but struggled shooting from outside the paint.
The Hi-Liners eventually finished the game with 21 turnovers compared to 11 from the Bluejays.
By halftime, Jamestown led 37-19 and shooting percentages told a lot of the story.
Jamestown finished the half 14-31 from the floor, or 45 percent. Valley City went 8-28, or 28 percent.
In the second half, Jamestown struggled more with shooting and the Hi-Liners found an offensive rhythm, but weren't able to narrow the lead significantly.
Part of the success in the half came from Tori Enstad, who had two 3-pointers in less than a minute to keep the Hi-Liners within 20.
Dierra Deigel, who had three points in the first half, also found herself with playmaking opportunities and finished the game with eight points.
"Hopefully that helps turn things around for her game," McDaniel said. "She gets some time in JV and hopefully that gives her some confidence."
The Hi-Liners were led in scoring by Allyson Suhr, who had 12 points. Diegel and Mariah Olstad both had eight.
Fuchs led Jamestown with 13 points, Dewald had 11, and Thoele had 10.


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For when a friend goes to bump fists with you and instead you quickly clamp your hand over theirs. It's supposed to feel unpleasant; a mean-spirited fist bump.
My buddy tried to fist bump me yesterday but instead I gave him a trailer hitch! Ha ha, he felt so violated! He was so angry, he chased me down the street!
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A trailer hitch is pulling your cock and balls between your legs, bending over and yelling someones name so they can see you from behind. It closely resembles the trailer hitch on Grandma's van.
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When you are hitting a girl doggie style and she reaches around and holds your balls from slapping around.
I was hitting this chic last night and she gave me the trailer hitch!
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Occurs when one circumsized male touches penis's with another male who is uncircumsized so that the foreskin covers the tip of the uncircumsized penis joining them as one or as a trailer hitch. (Although I don't recommend heavy towing wink wink)
When Rob found out George was from Greece he immediately asked if he had been clipped, since George was most definitely not they dropped trow and trailer-hitch themselves.
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To perform extremely strong and satisfying oral sex on a male.
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No more than a third of the liquid in the Solera is removed for bottling at one time. This third is then replaced with younger vinegar from the row of barrels stored directly above the Solera called the first Criadera. The volume in the first Criadera is then replenished with younger vinegar from the row of barrels stored above the first Criadera, aptly called the second Criadera. Finally the top row of barrels is filled with the newest and youngest sherry vinegar.
All the oak barrels are placed in vast, well-ventilated structures called bodegas where they are exposed to lots of fresh air and warmth. These wooden barrels are never completely filled or sealed allowing them to constantly receive air, which aids the vinegar maturation process. This time honored aging and blending process ensures that quality vinegar is produced consistently from year to year. To earn the Reserva distinction, the vinegars must be aged in oak casks for at least two years. The Arvum Solera is older than 40 years


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If the Lady Bruins softball team wants to know what the experience of going to state is going to be like this weekend, they need to turn no farther than their athletic director, Tom McGunnigal.
He was a senior member of the Academy's baseball team that won the Class A State baseball championship 25 years ago in Springfield.
And while McGunnigal emphasizes that it does seem like 25 years ago, he said you remember everything vividly because it was such a great experience.
"The best memories are just those of being with the guys – my best friends," he said. "We had a great time playing together. Winning came because we just pulled for each other and picked each other up. We got hot at the right time and just played our best."
The one memory McGunnigal said that always comes up when the boys get together is simply what they refer to as the "practice." He explains.
"We lost to Putnam County here on a Friday night and we had a two-hour practice following the game, in our uniforms, right on the field we just played. We did not lose after that…none of us wanted John to be "silent" at us again," McGunnigal said, in reference to his coach and current Bruins skipper John Bellino.
If there is a similarity between his team and the St. Bede Lady Bruins, who may just be the team to beat in East Peoria this weekend, it's their pitchers. the 1988 Bruins (25-4) had senior southpaw Brad Koster and the Lady Bruins boast an equally dominating Lainie Schweickert.
"I see this team of girls with that dominant pitcher just like Brad Koster was for us. I know when Lainie gets on the mound the girls have very much the same feeling we had with Kos on the mound…we are unbeatable. Get him a couple runs and he will do the rest," McGunnigal said.
The Bruins were unbeatable at state, playing like a well-oil machine under Bellino, who recently took the Bruins to the regional championship in his 35th year at the Academy.
Koster pitched a one-hitter in a 10-0 shutout over Mahomet-Seymour in the state quarterfinals. He picked up a save in the Bruins 6-3 win over Alton Marquette and returned to the mound later that evening to pitch the Bruins to a state championship win over Alton Marquette.
They also had tournament stars like catcher Steve Pomatto, who drove in a state tournament record seven RBIs, future pro Jim Perona and Eric Krogulski, who would play four years at Iowa State University, all of whom were named to the all-tournament team along with Koster.
So 25 years ago, the St. Bede baseball team captured the state championship. The St. Bede softball team is primed to add one of its own. Be sure to follow them here in the BCR sports pages and online at www.bcrnews.com/sports.
• If the Lady Bruins are able to match their baseball counterparts feat from 25 years ago, they would become just the second state champions from the Academy and the very first state champions for girls sports.
The only other Bureau County female sports team crowned as state champion was the 1990 Princeton volleyball team.
There have been three other state champions from Bureau County - the 1995 and 2001 Hall football teams and the 2005 Bureau Valley football team.
Kevin Hieronymus is the BCR Sports Editor. Contact him a firstname.lastname@example.com


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Chenocetah Fire Tower
Cornelia, GA 30531
This 40-foot-high stone tower was built by the WPA for the National Forest Service in 1936. Local craftsmen used native granite to construct the tower on Chenocetah Mountain, named with the Indian word meaning "see all around."
The 54-foot tower is in the center of a square stone platform that is enclosed by a low granite parapet. It overlooks the area from an elevation of 1,830 feet and includes a wooden observation room reached by a metal spiral staircase. The structure is topped by a unique inlaid slate roof.
In June 1984, Chenocetah Tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Tower and its surroundings, including one of the largest stands of Rhododendron minor in the nation, will remain in the public domain as part of the Chattahoochee National Forest. The Georgia Forestry Commission reactivated the Tower in 1986, and it serves today as the only stone fire tower in the state. Dedicated to the memory of Forest Service men who lost their lives in World War II, Chenocetah Tower also stands as a symbol of the proud history of this area and its people.
The U.S. Forestry Service opens the tower to visitors one day a year during the "Big Red Apple Festival." The city of Cornelia provides hayrides to the tower during daylight hours.
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To increase their understanding of what options on futures contracts are, and what they can do to increase their profits, cotton producers in the Southeast and Mid-South should make it a priority to attend "Hedging with Cotton Options" — an information-rich continuing series of workshops hosted by Cotton Incorporated and the New York Board of Trade.
"Sessions within the workshops will cover the basics, as well as some of the more intermediate information related to cotton futures and options, specific hedging strategies involving the use of cotton options contracts, real world strategies and a cotton market outlook," states Jeanne Reeves, director of Agricultural Research and Ag Division staff economist with Cotton Incorporated.
The first two workshops of 2006 will be held as follows: Thursday, Feb. 23 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Staplcotn's Headquarters in Greenwood, Miss., and Tuesday, Feb. 28 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Gateway Convention Centre in Rocky Mount, N.C.
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Samsung's CEO, Choi Gee Sung, has said that the company will "never" pursue a deal with HP over licensing the company's webOS platform for its smartphones and tablets.
The comments, made at IFA in Berlin, Germany, is likely to be a blow to HP if it were looking to do such a deal with the South Korean company.
"It's not right that acquiring an operating system is becoming a fashion," Choi said to reporters. Samsung, which has its own mobile operating system called Bada, is working to boost its software capability "harder than people outside think."
That leaves just HTC, possibly Facebook, and little else if HP is hoping to claw back some of the $1.2Bn it spent buying Palm in April 2010.
Last month HP said that it was stopping production of all its webOS devices, although has since confused consumers by selling off the remaining HP TouchPad stock for $99 in the US and £89 in the UK.
After saying that it was pulling out of hardware, it's then said that it still believed there was a strong future for the webOS platform.
That future is starting to look bleaker by the day.


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Rep. Alan Grayson: I've Seen The Details And There Is No Reason To Keep TPP Secret
from the speak-up dept
Grayson apparently took the USTR up on that offer, and he says there's no reason that the text should be secret.
Because of this pressure, the USTR finally let a member of Congress – little ole me, Alan Grayson – actually see the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a large, secret trade agreement that is being negotiated with many countries in East Asia and South America.Of course, the USTR argues -- ridiculously -- that the reason they can't share it is not because of "national security," but basically some crap about how they've never negotiated in public and somehow no agreement could be reached if negotiations were made public. But that's hogwash. Lots of other agreements, including ones on similar topics are negotiated with the various negotiating texts made public. And, considering these governments are all representing the public, the idea that they can't represent their constituencies is ridiculous.
The TPP is nicknamed "NAFTA on steroids." Now that I've read it, I can see why. I can't tell you what's in the agreement, because the U.S. Trade Representative calls it classified. But I can tell you two things about it.
1) There is no national security purpose in keeping this text secret.
2) This agreement hands the sovereignty of our country over to corporate interests.
3) What they can't afford to tell the American public is that [the rest of this sentence is classified].
(Well, I did promise to tell you only two things about it.)
It's good to see that more people are realizing just how problematic the nature of the TPP is today, and questioning why the documents are secret.


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Subway customers may soon be seeing "footlong" sandwiches that are more consistently a full 12 inches long, according to a company statement issued in the wake of lawsuits filed against the sandwich chain.
Complaints that Subway's "footlong" sandwiches don't quite measure up have stretched all the way from Australia, across the Internet and this week into courts in New Jersey and Chicago. Today, Subway responded with a statement saying it would work harder to achieve sandwich-length uniformity.
"We have redoubled our efforts to ensure consistency and correct length in every sandwich we serve," the statement said, while declining to offer comment on the suits specifically. "Our commitment remains steadfast to ensure that every Subway Footlong sandwich is 12 inches at each location worldwide."
A picture of an Australian teen measuring his "footlong" Subway sandwich to be only 11 inches went viral last week, sparking a wave of similar online posts by other Subway eaters around the world claiming their sandwiches also came up short of a foot. This week, lawsuits were filed by separate plaintiffs here and on the East Coast, each seeking damages over a missing inch or more.
The Chicago lawsuit was filed by Nguyen Buren, who alleges that he visited a Subway location near his North Side home on Sunday but didn't get the final fraction of his sub. Buren's suit, filed against Subway parent Doctor's Associates Inc., claims his sandwich was less than 11 inches long and alleges a "pattern of fraudulent, deceptive and otherwise improper advertising, sales and marketing practices."
"This is no different than if you bought a dozen eggs and they gave you 11 or you bought a dozen doughnuts and they gave you 11," said attorney Tom Zimmerman, who is representing Buren. "Here, you bought a dozen inches of sandwich and you got less than 11. It's no different, and yet you're paying for 12."
Buren's lawsuit was filed Tuesday, the same day two men filed a similar suit in New Jersey state court, and seeks damages in excess of $5 million. Both suits are seeking class-action status. Zimmerman said he expects to talk with the attorneys in the New Jersey case and hopes that suit will be withdrawn and moved to federal court so the suits can be combined. Zimmerman described the attention surrounding the Australian teen's sandwich photo as the "inspiration for moving forward" with Buren's case.
Subway Australia had previously responded to the original complaint from Down Under. In that situation, the chain said the "Subway Footlong" was a registered trademark used "as a descriptive name for the sub sold in Subway restaurants and not intended to be a measurement of length."
Subway has faced challenges over the "footlong" name before, including in 2011 by convenience chain Casey's General Stores. Subway had ordered Casey's to stop using the "footlong" name to describe its 12-inch sandwiches and even threatened to sue, prompting Casey's to counter that "footlong" is a generic term that anyone should be allowed to use. Casey's withdrew its petition before the matter went to court.
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Dendrochronological dating of early doors
Tree-ring dating of early doors has helped to understand the development of door making, appreciate just how old some functioning doors are, and has revealed that the boards used in many medieval doors were imported from the Baltic region.
Two eleventh century doors have been identified (both in everyday use) and many other doors have been scientifically dated.
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- Bridge, M. and Miles, D. (2012) Dendrochronologically Dated Doors in Great Britain. Accepted for publication in Regional Furniture.
- Bridge, M.C. (2012) Locating the origins of wood resources: a review of dendroprovenancing. Journal of Archaeological Science
- Miles, D. and Bridge, M. (2010) The Chapter House Doors and their Dating. Chapt 14 in: Westminster Chapter House: the history, art and architecture of 'A Chapter House Beyond Compare', Eds Rodwell, W and Mortimer, R., Society of Antiquaries, London.
- Bridge, M and Miles, D. (2009) - Church of St Helen and St Giles, The Broadway, Rainham, London Borough of Havering: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from the South Chancel Door. English Heritage Research Dept Rep, 69/2009.
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I make a lot of wooden toys and find my disc sander indispensable for both shaping and smoothing small parts. Unfortunately, this calls for the use of both coarse and fine discs, and I have only one disc sander. My solution is to mount both #80-grit and #150-grit paper to the disc at the same time. A circle of one grit is attached to the center of the sander's platen, while the other grit surrounds it as a ring.
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Alexander Barantschik, occupant of the Naoum Blinder Chair, began his first season as Concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony in September 2001. Former concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra (1989-2001) and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (1982-2001), he has also been an active soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe. He has collaborated in chamber music with André Previn and, on a number of occasions, Mstislav Rostropovich, with whom he participated in a series of concerts that also featured violinist Maxim Vengerov and violist Yuri Bashmet. As Leader of the LSO, Mr. Barantschik toured Europe, Japan, and the US, and served as concertmaster for acclaimed cycles of Mahler, Stravinsky, and Debussy with Michael Tilson Thomas, as well as major symphonic cycles with Rostropovich and Bernard Haitink. He was also concertmaster for Pierre Boulez's year-long, three-continent 75th Birthday Celebration.
Born in Saint Petersburg in 1953, Alexander Barantschik attended the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and went on to perform with the major Russian orchestras, including the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic. After emigrating from Russia in 1979, he served as Concertmaster of Germany's Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. His awards include first prize in the International Violin Competition in Sion, Switzerland, and in the Russian National Violin Competition. Since joining the SFS, Mr. Barantschik has led the Orchestra in several programs and appeared as soloist in concertos and other works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Walton, Piazzolla, and Schnittke, among others.
Through an arrangement with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Mr. Barantschik has the exclusive use of the 1742 Guarnerius del Gesù violin once owned by the virtuoso Ferdinand David, who is believed to have played it in the world premiere of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in 1845. It was also the favorite instrument of the legendary Jascha Heifetz, who acquired it in 1922 and who bequeathed it to the Fine Arts Museums, with the stipulation that it be played only by artists worthy of the instrument and its legacy. For more on Alexander Barantschik, visit sfsymphony.org/alexanderbarantschik.
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3/14/2005 6:22am, #1
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Response to "Bujinkan Video Clips"
I've been away from the boards for a while, but I thought I'd start posting again.
I was thinking about reading the entire post, but I saw that it was 16 pages long and I wasn't really that impressed with the first 5 pages of it. I was also going to put this under that post, but while typing my response, I noticed that the last couple of pages were pictures of Hulk Hogan. The conversation had obviously taken a turn downhill (or uphill if you're a Hulkamaniac)
A little background for those of you that don't know me. I'm currently an Infantry Officer in the United States Army. I've been training under the Bujinkan system for the past 7 years and hold a 3rd Dan, I'm certified to teach Army combatives, I'm currently training in Krav Maga, and I'm a graduate of US Army Ranger School.
As far as always training at fast pace, and punching each other, that's one person's theory. Guess what. Most of the time, it sucks. I'll give you a few military examples. At the end of the month, my unit will be deploying to Afghanistan for a year. No one would argue about whether or not you would consider this "real" combat. However, when we train, sometimes we crawl, sometimes we run. Somedays (like at 0100 in the morning about a week and a half ago), I'll have a 16 lb ballistic vest, 7 magazines, kneepads, polypro, gloves, ballistic goggles, a kevlar ballistic helmet, AN-PVS 14night vision goggles, 3 quarts of water, an assault pack, M-4 rifle with the advanced combat optical gunsight (ACOG), PEQ-2 infrared targeting laser, surefire light, and backup iron sights attached to it. We practiced performed a knock and search on a city, which culminated in a raid on a building (which had limited OPFOR in it), and we did it at full speed.
There were no real bullets, but we took a "casualty" who was "hit" in the shoulder. We went at full speed, through calling in a 9-line medivac request, after securing the building, and performed first aid.
After we were done, I later took my platoon back to the sight, so we could to an after actions review (AAR), and I needed to point out one or two things that were done incorrectly (a small section of the outside of building technically wasn't secured, because it was a blind spot due to positioning and angles), or needed to be improved. I also ran them through two different methods of securing the outside of the building before approaching it.
The thing is, the second time we did it, it was without all of that crap that I mentioned earlier. Guys were not in the prone, so they could see what was being done. We were also doing it during the daylight, and not in darkness as we had originally done it. Years ago, when these same people (most of whom are combat veterans of last year's deployment to Iraq) were first learning the techniques, they did them in this same manner.
What I'm saying is that just because you see a few videos here and there that show a technique being done slowly doesn't mean that we always do it like that. I've done the hard and fast training in both ninjutsu, krav maga, and some grappling that the army had taught (which basically comes from the BJJ. It started with the Ranger Regiment training with Gracie and spread from there). In my early days as a white belt, there was a brown belt named Jonathan who I frequently partner up with (upper belts would come to the lower belt class to help with the training and continue to practice the basics). He emphasized training with precision in his striking, and certaing other key points that you wouldn't really catch unless you actually trained in the art for a while. We started slow, and things would pick up in speed after a while. At one point, I threw a full force hook at him, and he countered with a strike similar to the first one in this video (http://www.daytonbujinkan.com/pictures-m-koyoku.html) except that his stance wasn't as wide, his movement wasn't as big, and he generated the power from his hips. His knuckles landed in the center of my bicep, and his strike knocked me off balance while at the same time knumbing everything from my bicep to my fingertips and causing me to drop to one knee. It didn't fully regain feeling for a couple of minutes.
After some classes, I trained with a buddy of mine named Greg (I think we were green and brown belts during this time). Greg was a marine. Some days, we went hard. Not every day. Hell, not every week at that. I've done my share to him, but here's what I've gotten on the receiving end. Punched in the grain, kicked in the groin, both lips split, choked, suffocated, two fingers down the throat, spit in my eyes, sharp pain in my back, bruised hip, probably a mild concussion or two, hyper extended fingers, and the occasional bruise. That's not everything, but it's a long enough list. I've also given most of that back, but remove the bruised hip and back pains, and add a slightly broken nose. You can go full speed and always hard if you like. I didn't alwas do it there. I didn't always do it when I began boxing. We don't always do it in Krav Maga. And we don't always do it training for actual combat.
As far as grappling. I'll be the first to admit that we didn't focus on it AS MUCH before grappling became big as we did after it became huge. THere was one reason for that, though. A lot of people in the world started grappling. You CANNOT cast a blind eye to this. You train for what you are likely to see. Before grappling became huge, you weren't likely to see a lot of grappling. Most people performed stand up fighting. Even before we started grappling more, we did perform some ground arm bars, but they were more as finishing techniques and controls. Once grappling became big, most of whet we did was work on escapes from the mount and guard, and some very simple ground submissions. There was not 3-5 minutes of grappling. From what we taught, you never want to fight like that for very long, because whoever you're fighting may have buddies. Even the military's grappling was originally taught with the scenario of "you're entering a room, when your weapon is grapped and/or you're takeen to the ground. You gain control, to hold your attacker, while your buddy (we enter rooms in stacks of 3-4 men) comes up and shoots the guy in the head." It's a little hard to grapple in full gear. Unfortunately, the military has begun teaching outright grappling, and unfortunalty, they don't teach it with you starting from standing, or with your gear on.
If you want another example of things people didn't always train on but suddenly "jumped on the bandwagon" as you call it, look at the military's training focus since 1989. A lot of Jungle and woodland training back then. Hell, we still do it now. Ranger School doesn't even have a desert phase (any more). But now, everyone is fighting in the desert and in city environments. The military did very little of that years ago. Now we do a lot of it. Does this mean that the military never really did city fighting? Not really. They had doctrine for it, but it just didn't happen enough since most of our fighting was in Panama, Grenada, South America, and (we were preparing for) Korea. It just means that we had to adapt to be ready for the type of fighting that we are more likely to see. Guess what? Grappling's popular. You're going to see a lot of it. Might as well be a little prepared.
Like I said, I'm a 3rd Dan under the Bujinkan. If I were to begin teaching ninjutsu (or Budo taijutsu if you perfer to call it that), I'm pretty sure that a lot of what I would teach would not fall the Bujinkan curriculum in the traditional sense of what you normally see. Sure, you'd still see ichimonji no kamae, but (even though there were a few, and I mean FEW, instances where I learned to use knee and elbow strikes in ninjutsu) I would also add the elbow and knee strikes that I learned in Krav Maga. The argument of what is actually in the Bujinkan, especially when it encompasses 9 ryu consisting of weapons, throws, grappling, and striking, as well as 2 "ninjutsu" ryu is hard to do unless you go to Japan and study the scrolls in detail, and say that certain things aren't there. I'm sure you'll find a roundhouse kick and some grappling. I'm pretty sure you won't find a guide for capoera style music and maneuvers.
That's my two cents. Take it as you want.
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Hey Black 6 and Mugaitil,
Regardless of the opinions of the Bujinkan that people have on this board, I thought I'd give the two of you my personal salute for serving and putting yourselves in harms way. Props to both of you for that!
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we have a lot of "trouble" with Black 6's millitary credentials in the past? The last time he was here, he was claiming quite a resume and seemed to have disappeared as soon as BS was called.
If I'm remebering wrong, then my apologies.You say what about my rice?
3/14/2005 1:48pm, #6"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire.
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A 25-year-old South Boston man is facing charges of illegal possession of a gun and ammunition after being arrested with a Calico M-100 rifle and 48 rounds of ammunition Tuesday evening, Suffolk County prosecutors said.
Alexis A. Laboy was arrested in Dorchester after police responded to a 911 call of a man with a gun at the intersection of Kemp Street and Father Songin Way. When police searched him, they discovered the Calico as well as .22-caliber ammunition, neither of which Laboy had a license to possess, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office said in a statement.
The M-100 can hold up to 100 rounds of ammunition in a special clip, according to the manufacturer's website.
Laboy was arraigned Wednesday in South Boston District Court. Judge Michael Bolden imposed $20,000 cash bail. He is slated to return to court Jan. 29.
"Whatever this defendant's intentions with a concealed rifle and 48 rounds of ammunition, we can bet they weren't good,'' said Conley's spokesman Jake Wark in an e-mail. "Fortunately, a member of the community had the courage and good sense to call 911 and help police take them off the street.''
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Audiences attending the annual San Francisco LGBT film festival often wonder if the films they are seeing will receive wider distribution.
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The program, known as Youth in Motion, launched in 2008 and has released eight DVDs – five of which are compilations of shorter films – that come with curriculum and action guides that provide suggestions for how to teach or discuss the films.
"We try to be very mindful and pick films that are representing a lot of different types of stories and balance culture," explained Alexis Whitham, Frameline's educational programming and acquisitions manager. "We are trying to talk to teachers and students to see what they want and need."
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Though it's a relatively new hotel, The Barton Hill Hotel & Spa is located on some historic land in Lewiston, New York, site of the first battle of the War of 1812. The surrounding Niagara region has a vintage feel to it as well: it's dotted with charming villages and idyllic vineyards. In keeping with the setting, Barton Hill's decor and design have an old-fashioned look, too.
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Lewiston was one of western New York's earliest settlements, dating back to the 1600s. Today, its quaint streets are lined with antique stores and art galleries. Just a 10-minute drive from the hotel is the Niagara Wine Trail, where you can find a handful of vineyards. The area is best known for its ice wine, a sweet dessert varietal made from frozen grapes.
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I think my ancestors help me find them but I also think they block me from finding them until they are ready to be found.ReplyDelete
There have been several times when I checked something out and didn't know why I was doing it - and found some amazing information. On the other hand, I agree that some of our ancestors like to hide from us.ReplyDelete
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